Alfonso Arau
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 11, 1932, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
- Movies
- 55
Alfonso Arau Incháustegui (born 11 January 1932) is a Mexican filmmaker, actor, and singer. He worked as an actor and director in both Mexican and Hollywood productions for over 40 years, before his international breakthrough with the 1992 film Like Water for Chocolate, based on his wife Laura Esquivel's novel of the same name. His other films include A Walk in the Clouds (1995), Picking Up the Pieces (2000), The Magnificent Ambersons (2002), and Zapata: El sueño del héroe (2004). He is a five-time Ariel Award winner, including Best Director for Like Water for Chocolate, and a BAFTA nominee.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2010 | L'imbroglio nel lenzuolo | Director |
| 2004 | Zapata: The dream of a hero | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 2003 | A Painted House | Director |
| 2002 | The Magnificent Ambersons | Director |
| 2000 | Picking Up the Pieces | Director |
| 1995 | A Walk in the Clouds | Director |
| 1992 | Like Water for Chocolate | Director, Producer |
| 1986 | Chido Guan, el tacos de oro | Screenplay, Director |
| 1983 | Mojado Power | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1975 | Tivoli | Writer |
| 1974 | Inspector Calzonzin | Director, Producer, Writer |
| 1971 | El águila descalza | Director, Writer |
| 1956 | New faces | Writer |
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